Nicolae M. Condiescu, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian novelist and soldier
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About Nicolae M. Condiescu
- Nicolae M.
- Condiescu (October 2, 1880 – June 15, 1939) was a Romanian novelist and soldier. Born in Craiova, his parents were Matei Condiescu, an officer in the Romanian Army, and his wife Maria (née Panu).
- He attended primary school in his native city, followed by three grades at Carol I National College (1891-1894) and the school for soldiers' sons, which he finished in 1900.
- Moving to Bucharest, he completed the officers' school in 1902 and studied at the Higher War School from 1912 to 1914.
- He fought in the Second Balkan War and in 1915 headed the Bucharest reserve officers' school.
- In 1916, he became a major, rising to lieutenant colonel in 1917; during World War I, he was part of the general staff.
- In 1920, he was made a colonel and aide to Prince Carol (from 1930 King Carol II), whom he accompanied on a world tour.
- A professor at the Higher War School, he resigned from the army in 1926, and in 1933 was made a brigadier-general in the reserves.Condiescu made his published debut in 1895, in the Craiova-based Revista idealista.
- Under the pen name Nicolae Corbu, he wrote verses and prose from 1895 to 1897 in Foaia pentru to?i, Foaia populara and Revista idealista, but then took a fifteen-year break from magazine contributions.
- His first book was the 1899 poetry collection Din lacrami.
- Magazines that published his work in his later phase include Gândirea, Nazuin?a, Cugetul românesc, Ramuri, Scrisul românesc, Via?a literara and Revista Funda?iilor Regale.
- From 1923 to 1924, he was part of Gândirea's leadership.
- He joined the Romanian Writers' Society in 1922, and was its president from 1936 to 1939.
- Condiescu was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1938.
- He wrote a travel book, Peste mari ?i ?ari (vol.
- I, 1922; vol.
- II, 1923), after which he gained a reputation as a novelist with Conu Enake (1928) and ĂŽnsemnarile lui Safirim (1936).
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